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I had the same experience with new car speakers. Orders of magnitude better quality, but I miss the 'tinny-ness' in some old songs. It's the same reason people
by brutusborn 4y ago
I had the same experience with new car speakers. Orders of magnitude better quality, but I miss the 'tinny-ness' in some old songs. It's the same reason people still use film cameras, both the process and the result produce nostalgia.
- entropicdrifter 4y agoThis is also a well-documented aspect of analog audio within the audiophile community. Vinyl is often preferred even when it was produced from digital masters (and therefore offers no additional resolution to the audio) because it's noisier in a "more natural" sounding way than digitally pure "sterile" audio. Likewise with Class A tube amplifiers: they create more Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) than far cheaper digital amplifiers (including those used in recording studios by professionals), but the distortion they do provide is considered to be enhancing the audio beyond what is possible with an accurate recreation. To be clear, I personally think this is largely sunk-cost reinforced snake oil. Vinyl records produced from analog masters on high grade vinyl and set to play back at a higher RPM (say 45 instead of 33 1/3) can produce a higher resolution output on a sufficiently high end player if you're careful about protecting it from scratches and dust, but high resolution digital recordings can get you the same thing for far cheaper and less hassle.